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The dazzling super trouper of gentle enquiry is trained this week upon:-

Our recent encounter with John Lydon \\u2013 his high viz shirt, his smoking habit and his usefully commercial righteous indignation about the upcoming Danny Boyle-directed \\u2018Pistol\\u2019 TV series.

Why Spinal Tap was a blessing and a curse for their real-life drummer Ric Parnell (RIP).

The magnificent bucolic frolic held in the memory of the Old Grey Whistle Test producer Mike Appleton.

The sad fate of Jackie Wilson.

The \\u201cpleasant illness\\u201d of record collecting.

Musicians who died onstage.

Why comedians might start to need bodyguards

The curious meaning of a \\u201cstone fox chase\\u201d.

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